Lt Mwaba declared mentally fit to face trial in Tasila Tembo murder case

FORMER Zambia Army officer, Lieutenant Nigel Mwaba, accused of murdering his lover Dr Tasila Tembo, has been declared mentally fit to take plea and stand trial. In this matter, Mwaba is facing one count of murder where it is alleged that the accused, between October 24 and October 26, 2020 in Lusaka, murdered Dr Tembo. He had, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge on February 1, this year, before Lusaka High Court Judge Wilfred Muma. Mwaba, 33, had earlier on through his lawyer applied to be taken to Chainama Hospital for assessment for a condition called disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorder. Disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorder is a condition which can cause people to behave angrily or aggressively toward…...